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Re:HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over las... by osteele on Monday September 04, 2017 @07:16AM (#15167343)
>> We don't send any personally identifiable information to Google.

> Yes, you do

PII is a term of the art which the GP is using in its standard sense and you are not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personally_identifiable_inform...

(This is independent of the deontolic status of your comment.)

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Re:HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over las... by damnfine on Monday September 04, 2017 @09:34AM (#15168109)
Redefining a phrase to omit much of its common meaning is what got us here. I appreciate you helping to bridge the gap by translating, I am just bemoaning its nessessity.
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